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Gr 6–9—When his blowhard dad loses his job, Doug Swieteck has to say so long to his friend Holling and Camillo Junior High and get used to things in stupid Marysville, NY. His oldest brother's in Vietnam, his middle brother's still a hoodlum, his mom is quiet but enduring, and his only salvation is weekly visits to the public library, where the librarian is teaching him to draw by using models from a volume of Audubon's Birds of America. Also not too bad is Lil, the daughter of the grocer who gives him a delivery job. Fans of The Wednesday Wars (Clarion, 2007) will find that this companion novel ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Bad-boy Doug Swieteck from The Wednesday Wars (rev. 7/07)—grudgingly respected for his bravado (he knew 410 ways to get a teacher to hate you) but feared because of his bullying older brother—is back in a stand-alone story. Readers meet Doug's mean-spirited father, a man Doug dislikes but unconsciously emulates. When the family moves upstate after Mr. Swieteck's temper gets him fired, Doug's discontent mirrors his father's. They live in a "stupid" town, in a house Doug christe...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

In this stand-alone story set in 1968, bad-boy Doug Swieteck (<i>The Wednesday Wars</i>) moves upstate with his family after his fa...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

In this companion book to The Wednesday Wars, Gary D. Schmidt weaves an abundance of engaging plot threads into a cohesive, satisfying whole. The historical backdrop of the Vietnam War and the moon landing adds depth to this slice-of-life stor...Log In or Sign Up to Read More